Oil-lamp.



O. E. GODLEY.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

2 MEETS-SHEET 1.

Atturnig.

G. E. GODLEY.

OIL LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

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minimum .340 same reference being had to the aocompanytea orreatnsn. oontnr, or DETROIT, raronrssn, sssror'r'on TO THE nnrvinivnsr aonas Mrs. 00., or nnruorr, MISHIGAN, A conronerron or lum nosity T i BIL-LAME.

To all whom it may concern."

a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit-,in the county of Wayne, State of .Michigan, have invented certain new and Iseful Improvements in Oil-Lamps; and i do declare the following to'be a. full clear, and exact descriptio-n'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which" it appertains to Ina-lie and use the ing drawings, and to the characters of ref erence marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification:

This invention-relates to oil. lamps espeoijily'fdesignod for automobile use and consists 'in the construction. and arrangement of parts .ieihaft'er more fully set forth and pointed claims.

Unefohject of the invention is to provide alamp of the character described, wherein provision is made for disposing the oil font within the body of the lamp in a manner to render the structure simple and compact.

A further objeot is to provide forinounu ing the reflector on the oil font and so dis-- posing said reflector as to cause the flame of the hurner to become focused tl'ifilelll.

Afurther object is to provide for a vent for the oil font in a manner to prevent the oil splashing therofrom.-- A further object isto provide means when. the door of the lamp is closed for holding the oil font and lamp under tension td prevent the rattling thereof.

A further object is to'provide-for inserting the font and burner into the lamp and withdrawing them therefrom through the door, provision being made for allowing the shaft of the wick raiser to project through the side of the lamp, a further provision be ing made for closing the opening in the lamp body. through which said shaft pro- 7 jects to prevent the passage-of air currents which might enter said. opening and interfere with the burning of the lamp. I

A further object is to provide for locking the shaft of the ratchet wheel which actuates the wick of the lamp so as to obviate the accidental turning thereof.

The above: objects are attained .by the 'structure illustrated in the accompanying drmvings in whi'chz- Figure 1 is aside elevation of a'lamp em:

Is a front hodying my invention. i 4

Speeiflhation of Letters Patent.

Application filo-r1 August 21, 1911.

rstemeuuoaiegieis, Serial no. 645,129.

I elevation with the door open saiddo'or be- Be llilIIlOWli that 1, CHARLES E. Grout-Er,

which the lamp font is seat-ed, said font ap-- pearing in transverse section showing the shield carried on said font closing the slot in the lamp body through which the shaft of the Wick raiser passes. Fig. is a central vertical section throughthe lamp. Fig; 6' 1s a sectional view through thereilector and lamp font, the burner appearing in 'ele vation; Fig, 7 is a plan view of thelainp font. Fig.8 is a side elevation of said font; Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates the body or shell of the lamina. whioh is preferably cylindricaliu form. and provided with a flaring or parabolicfront portion 2. To the front of' the flaring poi tion of the lamp is hinged in any suitable manner the door 3, carrying the'iisual lens or 4i. Formed integral with the, body of the lampon the iower sid thereof is a depending housing 5 of such a ..'e and shape as to receive the oil font 6, 'Whichslides' snugly therein from the front of the lamp, beingconfined in place hy an Lshzuoed strip 7 (Fig. 4C) which is secured-to the wall of the fontrecoptacle and engagesythe top' of saidv font. Seatedin the font is a 'suitalole burner 8. havinga shaft 9 for 'actuatihgthe" wick raiser. said shaft carrying-on itsfouter end a thumb wheel 10.. d i

To provide for reflecting the raysjof light and projecting them forwardly at the redui site angle through the glassorjlens f "a relies." tor 11 is employed of suitable material having a polished inner surface. Saidrefieeto'r is paralgoli'c in shape and is detaohahly'se cured to the lame font by meansjof a inetal" strapl2, the terminals ofwhicharefsecured to the outer wall of he reflector; and whioh is provided with a central eye 13 through? which passes a post 14 nountedonthetop of said font. T'he'upper'jend: ofthe threaded as at 15 to receive the thuni Wniit 16 which screws'thereon againstthe efyoff the strap 12 to securely fastenth'e' reflector] to the font. In order to enable-the burner to extend into the reflector ani openiiig' 17f is formed through the wall of the reflector through which said burner passes. To provide for the escape of the gases of combustion a second opening 18 is formed through the wall of the reflector above said burner. It willbe noted that the parts are so positionedas to cause the flame from the burner to become properly focused in the reflect-or. In order that the reflector may lie in a proper position upon the lamp font the top and front side of said font are provided with a curved recess 19 shaped to conform to the contour of the reflector in which the reflector lies, and which assists in maintainthe reflector in position and enables it to he so disposed as to properly focus the lamp flame therein. In the upper portion of the lamp body is a vertical flue 20 which receives the combustion gases that pass .through the opening 18 in the reflector,

and from which said gases pass through an opening '21 in the top of the hood 22. Fitted over the hood is cap 23 into which the combustion vapors discharge, said cap having at its front end a draft opening 2st and at its rear end adischarge opening 25 through which air may circulate to assist in carrying away the heated gases.

In order to enable the wick of the lamp to be actuated from the outside of the lamp body the shaft 9, which actuates the wick raiser, must be sufliciently long to extend through the lamp shell. In order therefore to enable the lamp font to be inserted into and withdrawn from said shell for the purpose of re-filling, cleansing, and adjusting the reflector the wall or shell of the body is provided through the flaring portion 2 thereof with an inclined slot 26, through which the thumb wheel 10 on the wick shaft 9 may pass, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Leading from the slot 26. is a horizontal slot 27 formed in the wall of the bodyor shell, through which the shaft 9 passes as the lamp font is introduced into and withdrawn from the lamp. The flaring portion 2 of the lamp body being of greater diameter thanthe main portion thereof allows the thumb wheel to project sufficiently from the outer wall of the body 1, when the lamp font is in position therein, to enable the shaft 9v to be freely turned through the medium of said wheel to adjlust the lamp wick 28 as may be desired.

To exclude airfrom the slotted openings 26 and 27 when the lamp font is in position within the lamp said font is provided with an angular curved plate 29, which serves as a shield to close the opening 27, said plate having a projecting wing 30 adapted to extend over the opening 26 formed in the flaring portion of the lamp body. By this arrangement when the font is in position in the lamp the slotted openings 26 and 27 are so covered asto prevent the entrance of air into the lamp bodyat that point in such quantity as to interfere with the burning of the lamp.

To so position the burner as to present the flat side of the flame thereof to the vertex of the reflector, there is mounted upon the top of the font a stud 31 having a notch therein which receives the inner end of the wick actuating shaft 9. The outer end of said shaft is adapted to enter an open slot 32 (see Fig. 8) in the innerend of the shield 29 and lie behind'the' depending shoulder 33 under which said shaft may be sprung to place it in position in said slot. This arrangement not ,only correctly positions the burner but also places such a tension upon said shaft as to prevent itbeing accidentally turned.

To provide a suitable vent for the oil font a vertical opening 34 is made through the post 14, which is contracted at its point of passage through the top of the font, as shown at in Fig. 6, to prevent the oil splashing into said vent opening or passage in such quantity as to flow from the top thereof. To enable the font to be readily filled it is provided with a removable filler cap 36, shown in F 7.

In order to prevent the font and reflector rattling, and at the same time hold them firmly in position in the shell or body of the lamp, a spring tongue 37 (see Fig, 5) is mounted on the door 3 which when the door is closed is adapted to engage the margin of the reflector with such force as to' hold the reflector and font firmly in place 5 under spring tension, said spring serving -to throw the door partially open when the which holds it is released.

It will now be apparent that by th rangement herein shown and described the font, the burner, and the reflector are COI11.' pactly and. detachably combined in' such manner as to properly focus the burner within the reflector'and render both the reflector and humor removable from the lamp with the font, an arrangement which prevent-s the reflector getting out of adjustment when properly set, and which greatly facilitates the cleaning of the lamp and minimizes the labor incident to refilling the font. It will be noted that the post 14 has a shoulder 38 upon which the eye 13 of the strap 12 at,- tached to the reflector rests, thereby enabling the reflector to be firmly fastened when properly adjusted by means of the thumb nut 16.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz- 1. A lamp, comprising a body having a flaring front portlon, a lamp font reeeptac ein the lower portion of the body. extending inwardly from said flarlng portl'on, a lamp font .insertible into and removable from said receptacle, a burner in said fonthaving a wick shaft, the flaring portion of the front and the wall of the lamp body having an opening through which the wick shaft and thumb wheel'may pass as the font is inserted into and withdrawn from the lamp body, and an angular curved shield mounted on said font and movable therewith, adapted'to close the opening in the body of the lamp and in thefront flaring portion when the font is in position in the lamp b y 2. A lamp comprising a cylindrical body having a flaring front portion and provided with an oil font receptacle struck from the material thereof on the under side of said body and extending through said flaring front portion, an oil font removably seated in said receptacle, a reflector wholly mounted upon and removable with the oil font, and a hinged door mounted on said flaring front portion and serving to close the front opening of the lamp and the opening of the font receptacle, the font and reflector thereon being removable through the door opening.

3. A lamp comprising a body having a door opening at the front and an oil fo-nt' receptacle extending inwardly from and in the plane of said door opening, an oil font removably seated in said receptacle, a reflector mounted upon. said font, a door for closing the door opening, and a spring mounted on the door to engage the reflector for yieldingly holding the font and reflector in place when the door is closed.

4;. A lamp comprising a body, an oil font receptacle therein, an oil font in said receptacle, a 'burner in said font, a reflector mounted wholly on said font having an aperture in its wall to receive said burner which extends into said reflector, and means for detachably securing the reflector to the font.

5. A lamp comprising a body having a font receptacle therein, an oil font in said receptacle having a curved seat in the front portion thereof, a parabolic reflector mounted on the font with its curved wall lying in said seat, aburner in the font projecting into said reflector, and means for detachably securing the reflector to the font.-

6. A lamp comprising a body, an oil font seated therein, a post on said oil font, a reflector, an apertured fitting attached to said reflector adapted to fit over said post to secure-the reflector to the font, and means for det-achably securing said fitting to said post.

7 A lamp comprising a body, a lamp font insertible into and removable'from said body in a horizontal plane, a burner in said font having a wick shaft, the wall of the body having an opening therein through which said shaft is adapted to pass as the font is inserted into and withdrawn from the body, and a shield upon said font adapted toclose said opening when the font is in position in the body of the lamp.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

Y CHARLES E. GODLEY. Witnesses MARIE BROESAMLE, E. S. lVHEELnR. 

